Boy – that’s quite a laundry list of constitutional rights violated by a majority of both the Senate and the House

What you’ll hear from them – or some of them – will be that “we had to do something!” and “if I didn’t do that, they’d of repealed it!”

Hmph. It was one thing to participate in the shit scramble party to write something up – it was an entirely different thing to vote for it.

Shame on you all. Each and every one of you.

Voters will hopefully remember this, as those lists of legislators that vote for this bill that many many people had said was unconstitutional and violated basic rights didn’t have any concern for rights. All they were thinking of was political expediency and gain.

If they’ll violate these rights – and really, do we really have to school a Republican-controlled legislature on the basic rights of a person’s ability to make a living? To speak and advertise? To be protected from unreasonable search and seizure?

Obviously we do. I say we school them out of office.

(Thank you to the Missoulian for reporting the story and posting the judge’s injuction.)

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we pretty much know that esseman and those completely out of touch ultra right wing republican old farts in the legislature couldn’t write good law if their lives depended on it. but i heard that some missoulian legislators actually voted for this piece of garbage.

when you sacrifice principles like liberty and compassion for political expediency you deserve what you get in the next election.

Their vote to kill medical marijuana occurred just as Montana’s medical marijuana providers were being raided across the state by the feds, and in coordination with our own state and local law enforcement.

In a 6-6 vote, that bill died in committee. Jent voted for that bill.

As for Diane? I really would like to hear why…but perhaps she was running interference. Maybe some of this key stuff being struck down is her brainpuppy….the whole frigging thing (SB423) was pretty much done in conference committee….there isn’t a stitch of minutes or tape or video out there on it.

Which seems to me to be a violation of the public’s right to know and Montana open meeting laws , no?

it’s not like the repugs needed her vote to shoot themselves in the foot. they had plenty of votes to waste here. plenty without her vote to override a veto by brian if he had been brave enough to attempt it. what was her reasoning?

and when you see her travelling to washington (i applaud this move by the way) to push for feds allowing states to run medical marijuana laws as they see fit without interference, it just seems pretty contradictory to vote for a senseless and unconstitutional law by this past year’s petty little bunch of tea partiers and go against the will of her own constituents not to mention the super majority of montanans who voted for medical marijuana initiative in 2004.

Speaking of Tea Partiers, is there a list anywhere of Montana state level politicians affiliated with Tea Party organizations? It would be interesting to match up who voted for these unconstitutional provisions with who is Tea Party affiliated. If I someone can point me to a list, I’ll be happy to do that.

Larry – in a comment to the previous article – linked to a letter from the Obama administration to the New Jersey Attorney General. On the same day (today) The Department of Justice sent out a memo Wednesday instructing the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration and leading officials in the U.S. Attorneys Office to treat medical marijuana shops as top priorities for prosecutors and drug investigators.

So what the hell is the real story? The medical marijuana suppliers are rejoicing in the wake of the judge’s decision here in Montana but are they setting themselves up for more Federal Raids if they open their doors again? What the hell gives here?

Me, Moorcat? My read is that there is no one to sue except states and the feds when cannabis comes off the Schedule I list. You can bet that torts will follow legalization that will seek damages if someone causing an accident is found to be under the influence.

Remember Alan Hale’s speech to the legislature? He pays plenty in insurance if one of his staff over serves someone who then goes out and T-bones somebody. I can walk to his bar in Basin so it doesn’t apply to me necessarily.

Same deal. Cannabis distributors should be able to meet fiduciary and insurance requirements just like brew pubs do.

I can’t imagine that is the case under ordinary circumstances where the prescription was legally prescribed and legally dispensed with appropriate instructions and warning labels. Unfortunately, no law requires pharmacists to check for drug interactions with prescriptions that are outside of their pharmacy…and I don’t even think they are required to check for those at all, though many do due to many patients having multiple doctors writing prescriptions.

We are prepared for more raids. This administration is currently on track to double the total number of raids under the Bush administration, in only four years. Shame on both administrations, but at least Bush didn’t ever tell us he was going to stop raiding marijuana facilities in medical marijuana states.

Thanks to jhwygirl and problembear for your posts on this subject. I feel like it is all I write about anymore.

That’s the sad part montanafesto – no matter what kind of medical marijuana legislation the legislators, or through a citizens initiative pass, I don’t see anybody jumping to get into being a caregiver when they have to wonder on a daily basis when the Obama Regime will swoop down and ruin their lives.

The permanent fix is a bill like Ron Paul proposed – to leave it up to the states to decide, and take the feds out of it.

Well, montanafesto calls the repealers the “God Squad”, but republicans deserve the scorn of the judge for their passing a law that was so unconstitutional. How in the world can an American sign off on warrantless searches (many legislators voted for 24 hour unannounced warrantless searches of sick people’s homes)

But good of you to call your side of the aisle out, too. On the “hell no, side” Franke Wilmer kept it all in perspective as did Dave Wanzanreid. I’m not sure which republicans remembered to stand up for citizens’ rights but maybe someone here does.

As I said to jhwygirl last night, I think this is good news. But we have to remember that it’s only a “temporary” injunction. And regardless of the strong language in the judge’s order it still has some pretty steep hills to climb to become permanent. The advice I offer up here is guarded optimism as one should never underestimate the ability of the government – including the courts – to fuck things up.

And, for all of you that have some form of ideological derangement syndrome, this is one of a few organizations where the left’s hero, George Soros, is found commingling donated cash with the likes of its favorite boogiemen, the Koch Foundation. One could say, although I wouldn’t, that this is a perfect example that even a broken clock is right twice a day. Let’s give credit where it’s due, shall we?

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